Monitoring forage production for farmers' decision making

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 637-648

  Grigera, Gonzalo ^a   Oesterheld, Martín ^a   Pacín, Fernando ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Decision support tool; Forages; Livestock production systems; Modeling; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEM; FORAGE; GRAZING; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODELING; MODIS; MONITORING; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249340848     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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